The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, December 23, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 5

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THAT TRACTION REPORT WASAS CLEAR AS MUD"In order to carry the increasedfixed charges due to the heavy investment capital investment, it willbe necessary for a period to make acharge of 2 cents for a transfer."The above is a complete paragraph under the subhead of "TwoCent Charge for Transfer" as it "appeared on page 32 in the summaryissued by the traction and subwaycommission Wednesday of the commission's report to city council. It isfollowed by these two paragraphs:"At the present time over 28,000passengers daily use both surfaceland elevated lines and pay double"fare, or 10 cents. This amounts to$450,000 per annum.. "On the basis of a 2-cent chargefor a transfer, two and one-halftimes this number of- passengerswould have to pay the extra chargeof 2 cents before the companies jwould be as well off financially as at !present Should the combined service prove as attractive as the commissioners hope, provision has beenmade for the prompt reduction ofthe transfer charge as rapidly as theearnings will warrant." -The subhead "Two-Cent Chargefor Transfer," followed by a paragraph failing to specify, that the 2cent charge is to apply only to surface and elevated line of transfers,was responsible for The Day Bpok'sstatement Wednesday that everytransfer would cost 2 cents underthe proposed plan.The matter of transfers was further confused by Sec. 7 on Page 8,where provisions of the new planare stated:"(7) A system of transfers to bearranged between all surface andrapid transit lines upon payment of a2-cent charge. This charge will benecessary at first in order to helpcarry the heavy capital expendituresof the construction period, but shallb eHmj.na.tea; gradually,; thereafterif the earnings of the corporatioawill permit."o oNOT TO RECOMMEND NELSONFOR POSTMASTERSen, J. Ham Lewis has sent wordto friends of Oscar Nelson, state factory inspector,- that he will not nameNelson among his -suggestions toPresident Wilson next week for theChicago postmastersrfp. Nelson isan officer of the Postoffice Clerks"union.Gov. Dunne is reported to be theman most likely to be named for thepostal job.Charles H. Wacker's friends haveput pressure on Sen. Lewis to landthe job for Wacker. As chairman ofthe Chicago plan commission, Wacker is supposed to class up as a nonpartisan, public-spirited, citizen. Themain pOint urged against him is thathe is too close to Big Biz. Wackerhas endorsed the Illinois CentralSouth Park board land contractwhich Aid. Littler and others condemnraRd city council for years hasrefused to approve. Also Wacker isa director of the Chicago Canal &Dock Co., a realty corporation withMarshal Field estate connections.o o .CONFESSED AUTO THIEF SAYSHE BRIBED POLICEMANWhen "Abie the Agent" Raymer,confessed auto thief, blurted outthings 'about paying cash to fix policemen and the state's attorney'soffice, he started something. Investigations along both lines were beguritoday under directions of AsstState's Att'ys Sullivan and Quinn.Able was first shot, then arrested!when he attempted to ride off in thecar of a man who owed Abie $300from another stolen car that Abiehad sold him, as he tells the story.o oSt Charles, Mo.- Hfgh cost ofprint paper given as reason for suspension after Jan. 1 of the Democratlocal German daily, one of oldest intKa state "